08-23-2004, 10:39 AM
On July 30, a 3-year-old black bear invaded a camping site and snaped a table to the ground. On it was a cooler filled with cans Busch and Rainier beer. He sampled one Busch beer but guzzled 36 cans of Rainier, then scampered to a tree and passed-out drunk for five hours.
The park rangers had to get the bear out of the area but they couldn't tranquilizer gun on him because hunting season for bears was in two days, and bear meat with a dose of tranquilizer cannot be consumed by humans. They tried escorting the hungover bear out of the campsite when it climbed down from its perch, but it just returned the next day, looking for more booze to drink.
They finally decided to trap the bear and move him to a far off area of the park. For bait, they use doughnuts, marshmallows, honey and two open cans of Rainier lager(Leading to the snare was a trail of drizzled Rainier beer). It worked.
My dad told me about this story, and I think it's the best damn camping story I ever heard.:D
The park rangers had to get the bear out of the area but they couldn't tranquilizer gun on him because hunting season for bears was in two days, and bear meat with a dose of tranquilizer cannot be consumed by humans. They tried escorting the hungover bear out of the campsite when it climbed down from its perch, but it just returned the next day, looking for more booze to drink.
They finally decided to trap the bear and move him to a far off area of the park. For bait, they use doughnuts, marshmallows, honey and two open cans of Rainier lager(Leading to the snare was a trail of drizzled Rainier beer). It worked.
My dad told me about this story, and I think it's the best damn camping story I ever heard.:D